'Incendiary device' rocks high-rise office

October 17, 2008

CLAYTON, Mo. (AP) -- A packaged "incendiary device" exploded in a suburban St. Louis parking garage on Thursday, injuring the man who picked it up, rocking an office high-rise and forcing hundreds of people to evacuate. The package was sitting near the 69-year-old man's assigned parking spot, but authorities wouldn't say whether he was the intended target. His injuries were not considered life-threatening, said Clayton Police Chief Thomas Byrne. "He picked up a package sitting next to his car and it exploded," Byrne said, calling the package "incendiary" but not elaborating. "We don't know who set it or why it was there," Byrne said.